The Nigerian boxing scene is set to witness another major title fight after reigning Nigerian and West African light heavyweight champion Lekan “The Engine” Muibi challenged newly crowned WBO Africa cruiserweight champion Godday “Zodsolo” Appah for his title.
Muibi who has a fearsome record of 20 wins in 20 fights, (19 of them via knockouts), threw down the gauntlet to his rival yesterday, stressing that he is willing to go up to the cruiserweight in order to become a two-division champion.
Appah claimed the title on the May 1 in Lagos by defeating fellow Nigerian boxer, Ezra “The King” Arenyeka via majority decision in a 10-round bout, improving his record to 15 wins, 2 losses and no draws with 13 knocouts. According to Muibi, he feels Appah, who had challenged him before facing Arenyeka, is too scared to face him and promised to stop him.
“I want to move up to cruiserweight,” he said. “I’ve cleaned out my division. All possible challengers here in Nigeria and West Africa are too scared to face me so i’ve run out of opponents.
“It’s just a 5kg difference. It’s an easy jump to make. And as a matter of fact, i specifically want to face Godday Appah aka Zodsolo. Earlier this year, he called me out on Instagram, saying all kinds of stuff. And when my management tried to make the fight, he ducked and ran like a coward. He took the easier option of fighting Ezra Arenyeka for the WBO Africa cruiserweight belt.
